CONNECTING THE DOTS

PRESIDENTS IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN’T THROW STONES

President Felipe Calderon of Mexico, the largest contributor of illegal
aliens now living and working in America in the vicinity of 12 to 15 million, threw
several nasty verbal rocks at Arizona for passing SB 1070. His illegal Mexican citizens residing in the
United States contribute $24 billion back to his financial coffers annually in
cash transfers. At the same time, their
lawlessness costs American taxpayers $346 billion yearly across 15 U.S. federal
agencies.

Amazingly, Calderon and his countrymen cannot and will not provide jobs
and a valid economy for Mexico’s own people. Additionally, his country transports and provides $75 billion in drugs
that his cronies ship into the United States annually. It’s quite like a leper spreading his disease
into his neighbor’s front yard! The USA
proves an eager neighbor for drugs!

Both governments refuse to stop the people smuggling and drug smuggling
at the border. A simple placement of
50,000 U.S. troops from Brownsville, Texas, across 1,952 miles to San Diego,
would stop the illegal immigration and drug smuggling within 30 days.

Higher ups on both sides of the border enjoy enormous amounts of money;
thus no action to stop drugs or people smuggling.

However, as illegals overran Arizona, that state instituted its own SB
1070 to mirror federal statutes. President
Barack Obama chastised Arizona, but backed off when public opinion polls showed
a solid 73 percent support from American citizens. Nonetheless, President Calderon lobbed a few
verbal remarks last week at how ‘unfair’ and ‘un-neighborly’ Arizona’s Governor
Jan Brewer treats illegals.

“Every country has the right and duty to
restrict the quality and quantity of foreign immigrants entering or living
within its borders,” said journalist J. Michael Waller. “If American
policymakers are looking for legal models on which to base new laws restricting
immigration and expelling foreign lawbreakers, they have a handy guide: the
Mexican constitution. The Mexican
constitution segregates immigrants and naturalized citizens from native-born
citizens by denying immigrants basic human rights that Mexican immigrants enjoy
in the United States.”

Let’s examine how Mexico treats illegal
aliens:

- Immigrants and
foreign visitors are banned from public political discourse.

- Immigrants and
foreigners are denied certain basic property rights.

- Immigrants are
denied equal employment rights.

- Immigrants and
naturalized citizens will never be treated as real Mexican citizens.

- Immigrants and
naturalized citizens are not to be trusted in public service.

- Immigrants and
naturalized citizens may never become members of the clergy.

- Private
citizens may make citizens arrests of lawbreakers (i.e., illegal immigrants)
and hand them to the authorities.

- Immigrants may
be expelled from Mexico for any reason and without due process.

The Mexican constitution: Unfriendly to
immigrants

“The Mexican
constitution expressly forbids non-citizens to participate in the country's
political life,” said Waller. “Non-citizens are
forbidden to participate in demonstrations or express opinions in public about
domestic politics. Article 9 states, "only citizens of the Republic may do
so to take part in the political affairs of the country." Article 33 is
unambiguous: "Foreigners may not in any way participate in the political
affairs of the country."

The Mexican
constitution guarantees that immigrants will never be treated as real Mexican
citizens, even if they are legally naturalized,” said Waller. “The Mexican
constitution states that foreigners may be expelled for any reason and without
due process.” Waller stated:

1. Mexico
should amend its constitution to guarantee immigrants to Mexico the same
rights it demands the United States give to immigrants from Mexico; or

2. The United States should impose the same restrictions
on Mexican immigrants that Mexico imposes on American immigrants.

Unfortunately,
we discover duplicity, scandal, corruption, deceit and immorality on both sides
of the Mexican border with the United States. Both governments lie, cheat and steal on
multiple levels. Both U.S. Republicans
and Democrats fail their constituents at every juncture.

Whether
Obama enforces our laws on this side of an amnesty or on the other side of an
amnesty, he must enforce the laws. But
then, he doesn’t enforce the laws today, so why would he enforce them tomorrow? The last four presidents failed to enforce
U.S. immigration laws and none of the past Congresses enforced immigration
laws. What will turn them around today? Nothing!